USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service, ASD, PCS, Room 2161 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700

D -- LABORATORY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SOL FSIS-30-W-97 DUE 062397 POC Contact Point, Julie Adams, (202) 720-9891 The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is seeking information on available laboratory information management systems (LIMS). FSIS operates three technical support laboratories (TSL), located in Athens, GA; St. Louis, MO; and Alameda, CA. These laboratories provide analytical services in chemistry, microbiology, and veterinary pathology on meat, poultry, and egg product samples. The TSL functions are provided by a combined staff of over 160 who, in 1996, performed over 704,000 analyses on more than 116,000 samples. With regulatory changes underway at FSIS, the amount of analyses and samples are expected to increase to over 800,000 and 200,000 respectively, per year. FSIS will consider two alternatives for the physical location of the LIMS server(s). The requirements for each alternative are as follows: (1) Centralized LIMS at the FSIS Washington, DC headquarters: DBMS- Sybase SQL Server 11 for Windows NT or Sybase SQL Anywhere; Server- DEC Alpha 4100; Operating System- Windows NT 4.0; Messaging- Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0. (2) Distributed using dedicated Intel servers at each lab: DBMS- Sybase SQL Server 11 for Windows NT or Sybase SQL Anywhere or ODBC compatible; Server- Intel Pentium or higher; Operating System- Windows NT 4.0; Messaging- MAPI compliance that should be able to interact with Microsoft Exchange. Responsible sources shall submit documentation and information that explains how their product will meet the above requirements, including product inserts and costs to the Contracting Office. Sources are also urged to refer to pages 17 through 25 (Fig X1.1 LIMS Guide Checklist) of the December 1993 edition of the "Standard Guide for Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)", published by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM standard number E 1578-93), and briefly describe how their product meets each of the requirements on the checklist. Sources are also asked to state whether or not they are presently on a GSA Schedule or on a government wide contract, and to provide a list of LIMS systems that are currently in operation at a laboratory. All information shall be received by June 23, 1997. This request is for INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY, and does not constitute a purchase commitment by the Government. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT AVAILABLE. FSIS does not intend to award a contract based on the information received. Vendors are reminded that only the Contracting Officer has the authority to commit government funds. Any questions or inquiries shall be directed to the point of contact listed above. (0154)

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